For Read Across America Day, challenge your first grader to come up with a story using magnetic words inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss.

Encourage your child to explore her favorite fairy tale, and learn about characters, plot, setting and story sequence as she draws her own pictures.

Try this simple activity to stimulate some very complex thinking with your first grader to develop those all-important reading and comprehension skills.

Foster a love of words in your little cupid this Valentine's Day by creating a memory game that doubles as an early reading activity.

Play the fridge magnet name game with your preschooler to help prepare her for kindergarten reading and writing.

Help your child gain reading comprehension skills, as well as listening and memory skills with this fun activity that uses his favorite book!

Once your child has mastered the letters of the alphabet it's time to start building words! Try out this activity that encourages simple word recognition.

Does your child know all the greatest kid-friendly places in town? Here's an activity that lets them create a cool city guide and work their writing chops, too!

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

Here's an activity to help your first grader read and write, while staying in touch with a faraway friend or relative. Here's how:

This silly game is a fun way to introduce and reinforce sight words--by fishing for them!

This activity uses the signs and words kids see around them every day, to create a book they can read on their own.

Send your child on a table of contents treasure hunt to help build basic research skills! Navigating a book is a skill that is sure to come in handy later on.

Help your child with his decoding and early reading skills in this fun game where you follow a spider web to find your treasure!

Help your first grader build sight word knowledge by creating a reading pointer and taking the family on a house-wide reading tour!

Delight your first grader by combining a reading activity with a fun "tea party" as she unscrambles cut-up words in a tea bag to form sentences and stories.

Help your first grader practice sight words with this fun activity. Learn how to put together a puzzle while practicing common sight words.

"Crown" dad this Father's Day—and sneak in some letter-sound practice, too.

Celebrate Labor Day with this fun activity. Show your child how to make a "career book" and explore the many jobs that people have, while practicing writing.

Practice writing skills and use imagination with this fun activity, where your child will write a story about what he thinks life would be like on a cloud.

This project combines arts and crafts with writing, as your child writes a story and publishes it into a book made out of a paper bag!

Improve your preschooler's knowledge of the alphabet by playing games with your own homemade wooden letters!

Making a calendar is a great way for third graders to identify those words that are always capitalized. Here's how to get started.

Better than any store bought Father's Day card, this touching keepsake lets your child give Dad a peek into their relationship from her point of view.

What's the first letter? Play this game with your first grader the next time you read together, and watch her reading skills grow as she climbs the levels.

Use a digital camera and some simple drawing supplies to help your kindergartener make a personalized letter-sound book.

This cookie dough handles like molding clay, but also makes delicious cookies. Use this activity to strengthen your child's alphabet skills.

Make this creative "story cartoon" tray to help your first grader build reading comprehension skills while having a hilarious time!

Make a tooth care poster with your kindergartener to help her understand how important it is to take care of those growing pearly whites!

Kids love to hear about themselves. And reading about themselves is even better! This personal yearbook will let them record all their important facts.